Deccan Herald 24.08.2013
Mayoral election on September 4
Announcing
the schedule on Thursday, a release by BBMP stated that nominations,
scrutiny and withdrawal of nominations and elections will be conducted
on the same day. While nominations will be accepted from 9 am to 11 am,
the other procedures will begin by 1 pm.
There are many in the
race for Mayor’s post and the likely candidate according to sources in
the BJP is corporator of J P Park V R Nanjundappa.
His closest
rival seems to be H Ravindra from Vijayanagar. Sources say there is
pressure to choose a Vokkaliga candidate to which the two belong to.
While Katte Sathyanarayana, the Basavangudi corporator and the other
contender belongs to the Brahmin community, there is some opposition to
his selection as even the previous Mayor Venkatesh Murthy also hailed
from Bangalore south area.
The twelve standing committees to which elections will be held are Tax and Finance Committee, Standing Committee on Public Health, Town Planning and Improvement Committee, Major Public works Committee, Ward Level Public Works Committee, Accounts Committee, Education Committee, Social Justice and Welfare committee, Appeal Committee, Horticulture committee, Market Committee and Establishment and Administrative Reforms Committee.
